Here are eight new lateral thinking puzzles -- play along with us as we try to untangle some perplexing situations using yes-or-no questions.
Intro:
In 1940, the Venezuelan post office was said to deliver love letters at half price.
In 1890 Mark Twain composed a holiday message for the New York World.
The sources for this week's puzzles are below. In a few places we've included links to further information -- these contain spoilers, so don't click until you've listened to the episode:
Puzzle #1 is from Agnes Rogers' 1953 book How Come? A Book of Riddles, sent to us by listener Jon Jerome.
Puzzle #2 is from listener Cheryl Jensen, who sent this link.
Puzzle #3 is from listener Neil de Carteret and his cat Nala.
Puzzle #4 is from listener Ananth Viswanathan.
Puzzle #5 is from Dan Lewis' Now I Know e-newsletter. Here are two links.
Puzzle #6 is from Greg. Here's a link.
Puzzle #7 is from Sharon. Here are two links.
Puzzle #8 is from Greg. Here's a link.
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Many thanks to Doug Ross for the music in this episode.
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264-Jack Renton and the Saltwater People
263-Memories of Proust
262-A Modern-Day Thoreau
261-The Murder of Lord William Russell
260-The Rugged Road
259-The Astor Place Riot
258-The First Great Train Robbery
257-The Sledge Patrol
256-Lasseter's Reef
255-Death on the Ice
254-The Porthole Murder
253-The Dame of Sark
252-The Wild Boy of Aveyron
251-Joseph Palmer's Beard
250-The General Slocum
249-The Robbers Cave Experiment
248-Smoky the War Dog
247-Lateral Thinking Puzzles
246-Gene Tierney's Secret Heartbreak
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